13 ideas
20768 | Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius] |
5040 | Necessary truths can be analysed into original truths; contingent truths are infinitely analysable [Leibniz] |
13159 | Only God sees contingent truths a priori [Leibniz] |
5039 | If non-existents are possible, their existence would replace what now exists, which cannot therefore be necessary [Leibniz] |
5952 | Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part? [Plutarch] |
5951 | If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind [Plutarch] |
20796 | Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity [Plutarch] |
3049 | The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius] |
5948 | The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty [Plutarch] |
3549 | Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas] |
5950 | If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together? [Plutarch] |
5041 | God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason [Leibniz] |
5955 | No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices [Plutarch] |